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Series: Orca Think Superpower? The Wearable-Tech Revolution Hardcover Elaine Kachala 9781459828278 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Oct 18, 2022

Super strength, super hearing, super vision and super connection. Wearable technology may soon give humans superpowers. Imagine being able to run without getting tired. Or travel to the moon to observe Earth for science class. The technologies that could make these things possible are mixing into our lives faster than we realize. The stakes are high. In Superpower?: The Wearable-Tech Revolution, young readers will discover how technological innovation can help people survive and thrive. But what if super strength results in endless work? What ... + Read More
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Series: Counting Arctic Animals Board book Coco Apunnguaq Lynge 9781772274479 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Aug 16, 2022

One bowhead whale! Two polar bears! Three orcas! Join Kuluk and Asa as they count all the animals they see! This introduction to counting and to Arctic animals helps young children develop their counting skills through short rhymes. It also introduces interesting collective nouns, like a blessing of narwhals and a bob of seals.
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Series: Mathematizing Student Thinking Connecting problem solving to everyday life and building capable and confident math learners Paperback Dr. David Costello 9781551383569 $28.95 EDUCATION May 02, 2022

How can you broaden student thinking and help them develop their independence and confidence as problem solvers? Real-life problems are a remarkable tool to stretch student thinking and help them develop a deeper understanding of mathematics and its role in everyday life. Rather than using textbook exercises, the book argues that solving real-world problems promotes flexibility and encourages students to adjust and grow their thinking. It inspires them to consider alternatives and apply math in authentic contexts. You will find practical ways t... + Read More
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Series: Metatron's Children Metatron's Children Paperback Chy Ryan Spain 9781999156275 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 01, 2022

Meet Yren: a 12 year-old Black, non-binary kid growing up in the safety of The Village during the time After the Fall. Yren never wanted to be special, but the Universe had other plans. Together with their sibling Augi, Yren navigates the development of their unusual extra-sensory abilities and their feelings of grief and guilt following a tragic accident that takes their parents. Exploring these strange and exciting new powers will take Yren outside the safety of the life they’ve known and into a perilous adventure. The journey begins here, in... + Read More
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Series: What Do You See? Board book Sarah N. Harvey 9781459820883 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Sep 14, 2021

What's it like to see the world through the eyes of a child? This beautifully illustrated board book celebrates the point of view of children who are too small to tell you what they see but not too small to experience the joy of small things such as a colorful mobile, a favorite teddy, an older brother's Lego castle or a trip to the park. Young readers will take pleasure in finding all the objects the baby sees, and adults will enjoy the depiction of how a child's world expands on almost a daily basis.
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Series: Making Math Stick Classroom strategies that support the long-term understanding of math concepts Paperback Dr. David Costello 9781551383507 $28.95 EDUCATION Apr 12, 2021

This remarkable book shows teachers how to stop working harder and start working smarter. It describes a shift from “teach-test-move-on” to “teach-connect-apply” to optimize student learning. This valuable resource provides teachers with an understanding of simple, manageable, and sustainable strategies to change their approach immediately. These strategies build on helping students retain math concepts so they can apply them in novel situations down the road. The focus is on supporting teachers in framing instruction so that students strengthe... + Read More
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Series: Orca Footprints Design Like Nature Biomimicry for a Healthy Planet Hardcover Megan Clendenan 9781459824645 $21.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 16, 2021

★“Fascinating…An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all libraries.”—School Library Journal, starred review Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for ... + Read More
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Series: La classe de Madame Isabelle Justine, chevalière Paperback Émilie Rivard 9782764432006 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Feb 23, 2021

Madame Isabelle est une enseignante un peu magicienne. Dans sa classe, chaque élève peut vivre une aventure dans la peau du personnage de son choix. Justine, elle, rêve de devenir chevalière…Sa mission : délivrer la comtesse Bulles-de-Bain de la tour du Marais Moisi ! Avec l’aide de son amie Mélodie la bouffonne, Justine affronte dragon, loup et sortilège. Il faut être prêt à surmonter les embûches pour réaliser ses rêves. Mais l’aventure en vaut la peine, surtout lorsqu’on est entouré de bons amis !
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Series: 1, 2, 3 Salish Sea A Pacific Northwest Counting Book Hardcover Nikki McClure 9781459827370 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Jan 19, 2021

From one to ten and well beyond, explore the Salish Sea in this visually striking, high-concept counting primer. Acclaimed West Coast artist Nikki McClure uses a single piece of paper and an X-ACTO knife to create her simple yet exquisite images. Whether it's one stubby squid or one million raindrops, readers young and not-so-young will delight in this distinctly Pacific picture book.
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Series: Once Upon an Hour Hardcover Ann Yu-Kyung Choi 9781459821279 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Oct 13, 2020

Yu-Rhee, a young Korean girl, wants to know how to tell time using a clock. Her mother tells her a tale from her childhood based on the traditional Korean practice of timekeeping, where the 12 animals of the zodiac are assigned to 2-hour sections of the 24-hour clock. Told from the point of view of a mountain, the story follows a child as they climb the mountainside in search of a plant to heal their ailing mother. The climb is steep, the path wild and the way difficult. The mountain watches the child struggle and calls on the animals that liv... + Read More
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Series: Orca Soundings Double or Nothing Paperback Brooke Carter 9781459823815 $10.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 22, 2020

The odds have never been higher for Essie now that her twin sister's life is on the line. Ester "Essie" Tomasi is a genius. She got an early entrance scholarship to university and at eighteen years old is already in her second year of pre-med. But Essie also struggles with a dark secret: she has a serious gambling problem. She is falling deeper and deeper into debt, struggling to keep up with her heavy course load and unable to make even the simplest of decisions without flipping a coin.But when Essie makes a bet that she can’t cover, it’s her ... + Read More
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Series: The Sun is a Peach Board book Sara Cassidy 9781459818675 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 May 05, 2020

Stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon capture how imagination shapes the environment around us. A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and bedtime, are chronicled and compared to the sun. The sun takes the form of the yolk of an egg, a spool of thread, the eye of a bird, an ice-cream cone and a dandelion. Each round, yellow item on the page hints at the big golden ball in the sky. This simple board book shows children that the way they see... + Read More
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Series: Tales from the Fringes of Fear Paperback Jeff Szpirglas 9781459824584 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 21, 2020

Dragged fresh from the grave and pulled out of the haunted corners of a school locker, these thirteen new stories are a nod to the storytelling style of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Most kids don’t have to stress about things like exotic insects with a taste for human flesh when they go to class. But students at this school have to be ever vigilant. You never know when a supernatural pastry or a clay monster bent on revenge might be lurking just around the corner. Even a simple field trip to a local animal sanctuary can have s-s-... + Read More
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Series: I Will See You Again Hardcover Lisa Boivin 9781553798552 $25.00 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 15 - 18 Feb 25, 2020

When the author learns of the death of her brother overseas, she embarks on a journey to bring him home. Through memories and dreams of all they shared together and through her Dene traditions, she finds comfort and strength.The lyrical art and story leave readers with a universal message of hope and love.
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Series: Les Mondes de Maya Les chiffres de Maya Hardcover Martine Latulippe 9782764439135 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Sep 24, 2019

Avec ses 10 doigts, son grand cœur, ses neuf amis ou ses deux parents; pendant les sept jours de la semaine, aux quatre points cardinaux ou en regardant les étoiles… Maya apprend à compter jusqu’à dix.
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Series: The Moon is a Silver Pond Board book Sara Cassidy 9781459818644 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Sep 10, 2019

A young child skates, bakes and milks the cow while the moon wondrously transforms above. The moon is a silver pond when seen through the trees. When they tend the cow, the moon is the milk at the bottom of the pail. With stunning illustrations by Josée Bisaillon, this simple board book shows children that the way they see the world—by heart, mind and imagination—is just right. Reveling in metaphor, The Moon Is a Silver Pond encourages that magical leap of imagination and asks the reader to look at everyday objects from a different perspective.
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Series: The How and Wow of Teaching Quick ideas for mastering any classroom situation effectively, efficiently, and enthusiastically Paperback Kathy Paterson 9781551383422 $28.95 EDUCATION Sep 05, 2019

Teachers succeed when they grow, develop, and strive to maintain excitement and wonder: the WOW of learning. This book examines a wide variety of daily tasks, from delivering engaging lessons to nurturing life skills. Throughout the book, simple steps for instruction are explained, along with suggestions for fun-filled activities and games. Practical and hands-on, the book offers tricks, techniques, and original ideas for excellent classroom instruction in all subject areas. It demonstrates how the WOW factor will help teachers remain motivated... + Read More
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Series: One Patch of Blue Board book Marthe Jocelyn 9781459820739 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Mar 12, 2019

One patch of denim escapes from a pair of pants and becomes a stained-glass window, an ice-cream truck, a Ferris wheel, a fish tank and many other square surprises in this delightful board book by celebrated paper artist Marthe Jocelyn. Jocelyn's paper collages in this wordless search-and-find adventure will encourage little ones to look closely at the world around them and explore what they see.
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Series: One Yellow Ribbon Board book Marthe Jocelyn 9781459820760 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Mar 12, 2019

One yellow ribbon unties itself from a child's hair and transforms into a winter scarf, a farmer's field and a lion's mane, among many other magical things, in this delightful board book by celebrated paper artist Marthe Jocelyn. Jocelyn's paper collages in this wordless search-and-find adventure will encourage little ones to look closely at the world around them and explore what they see.
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Series: Une idée pour Papi Hardcover Heather Smith 9781459822054 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Feb 19, 2019

Lou passe tous ses samedis avec Grand-Papa et Papi. Ils se rendent à la bibliothèque main dans la main, comme une guirlande de personnages en papier. Grand-Papa lit des livres sur la science et le design, Papi écoute des disques de rock and roll et Lou va de l’un à l’autre. Mais un jour, tout bascule. Papi fait une chute qui a des conséquences terribles: il sera confiné à un fauteuil roulant pour toujours, tout le temps. Incapable d’accepter son état, il se renferme et ne sort plus de sa chambre. En entendant Grand-Papa essayer d’égayer Papi, L... + Read More
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Series: Making Sense of Number, K–10 Getting to know your students so you can support the development of their mathematical understanding Paperback Mary Fiore 9781551383323 $28.95 EDUCATION Nov 27, 2018

This practical book shows you how to get to know the needs and abilities of your students and help them make sense of math concepts. Designed to enhance your professional learning, the book shows you how to notice, interpret, confirm, and respond to student thinking. You will discover how to structure learning experiences around key number concepts — quantity, counting, relating, and representing — developed across various strands: patterning and algebra, numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, and data and probability. Powerful examples... + Read More
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Series: One House Board book Sarah MacNeill 9781459816596 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Sep 25, 2018

Crabs with clipboards and bears who build are some of the animals who come together to make a home for their friend. Plans are drafted, holes are dug, and construction begins! This board book will delight little ones with its quirky illustrations and rhyming countdown. With teamwork, generosity and some special skills, it's amazing what these critters can accomplish!
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Series: Kiss by Kiss / ocêhtowina A Counting Book for Families Dual language (English & Plains Cree) Board book Richard Van Camp 9781459816213 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Sep 18, 2018

One kiss, two kiss, three kiss, four! So many kisses and so many more. From bestselling author Richard Van Camp comes a delightful counting book that honors families and can be used to praise your little ones as they learn to count. Ten kisses from your sweet baby might not be enough to get you through this adorable book, so you'll just have to read it over and over! Orca Book Publishers is pleased to offer this book as a dual-language (English/Plains Cree) edition.
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Series: One Red Button Board book Marthe Jocelyn 9781459813151 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Oct 24, 2017

One red button falls off a coat and becomes the cherry on an ice-cream cone, the wheel on a fire truck, the jewel in a necklace, and many other round surprises. Illustrated using Jocelyn's delightful paper collage, One Red Button is a search-and-find adventure for little ones. This book will encourage the youngest readers to see the assortment of shapes and colors that decorate their own growing worlds.
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Series: One Piece of String Board book Marthe Jocelyn 9781459813182 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Oct 24, 2017

One piece of string comes untied from a parcel and changes into a spider's web, a ropy updo, a layer of snow on a birdhouse roof, and other surprises. Illustrated using Jocelyn's delightful paper collage, this wordless board book invites little ones to follow along and discover that each spread is made up of one single piece! This is a book that will inspire the youngest readers to see their own expanding worlds as a collection of interconnected shapes and colors.
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Series: Moving Math How to use thinking skills to help students make sense of mathematical concepts and support numeracy development Paperback Mary Fiore 9781551383255 $28.95 EDUCATION Oct 17, 2017

Moving Math focuses on ‘moving’ the teaching and learning of mathematics by shifting instruction and assessment practices. The book describes how using various thinking skills helps students make sense of mathematical concepts. Key thinking skills — inferring and interpreting; analyzing; evaluating; making connections; synthesizing; reasoning and proving; and reflecting — are deconstructed and modeled through suggested learning experiences across various grades. The book offers possible student solutions that demonstrate how the thinking skills... + Read More
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Series: Bell's Knock Knock Birthday Paperback George Parker 9781775084020 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Sep 22, 2017

Bell is having a birthday, and all their friends and family are coming to celebrate! A simple counting book with lots of noises to make alone or tohether as guest after guest arrived with gifts and treats for beautiful birthday Bell.
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Series: Bedtime 123 Board book Eric Walters 9781459810730 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Sep 12, 2017

Lull your little one to sleep while counting the animals also nestling in for the night. Count the stars coming out, fox cubs snuggling, puppies piling and chicks cuddling as baby rocks gently to sleep in this gorgeously illustrated board book from bestselling author Eric Walters and award-winning illustrator Josée Bisaillon.
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Series: The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner Effective teaching and assessment strategies to help students think differently about mathematics Paperback Mary Fiore 9781551383118 $28.95 EDUCATION Mar 14, 2016

This timely book builds on our current understanding of how to effectively teach mathematics, and borrows from the successful frameworks used to teach literacy. It introduces a numeracy framework— sense maker, skill user, thought communicator, and critical interpreter—that supports an integrated approach to math instruction. It considers the mathematical practices students need to learn to construct number knowledge, become mathematicians, and simply “do math”. The goal is to provide multiple entry points into the world of math instruction—a ne... + Read More
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Series: Peter Strand Mystery The Blue Dragon Paperback Ronald Tierney 9781459809048 $9.95 FICTION Sep 22, 2015

A murder at the Blue Dragon, a small apartment building in San Francisco’s Chinatown, prompts the absentee owner to hire Chinese American Peter Strand to calm the anxious tenants. But Strand isn’t exactly what he appears to be. Neither are the tenants, who on the surface seem to be regular people going about their lives. Strand, a forensic accountant by trade, doesn’t intend to investigate the murder, but he soon realizes that this isn’t a gang-related killing, as the police believe. The murder was committed by one of the tenants. Finding out w... + Read More
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Series: On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk Paperback Alison Hughes 9781459804845 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Apr 01, 2014

When grade-eight science-project time rolls around, J.J. Murphy skips the beakers and the papiermâché and dives into research about jerks. And idiots. But mostly jerks. By his own estimation, his science project, On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk, is groundbreaking, exhaustive, highly scientific and seriously worthy of bonus marks. Beginning with the dawn of humankind and concluding conclusively with a very cool pie chart, the project dissects the elements of jerkosity through extensive case studies and scientific illustrations. It explore... + Read More
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Series: The ANIE A math assessment tool that reveals learning and informs teaching Paperback Kevin Bird 9781551382968 $28.95 EDUCATION Feb 14, 2014

The ANIE (Assessment of Numeracy in Education) is a classroom-developed tool that uses performance standards to assess student understanding of math concepts so teachers can plan timely and targeted instruction and intervention where it is needed most. This straightforward book introduces a simple and powerful single-page assessment template that guides students to explain math concepts and make connections to their relevance in the real world. The book describes a 5-step process for solving any math question, offers proven techniques for intro... + Read More
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Series: Hamsters Holding Hands Board book Kass Reich 9781459801233 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 2 Apr 01, 2012

Hamsters Holding Hands is an engaging, fun board book targeted toward very young learners. Each page features a different number of playful hamsters accompanied by rhyming text. The illustrations are bright and graphic with lots of humorous details to keep both child and adult engaged. A counting book that takes readers from one to ten, Hamsters Holding Hands is a delight to share with any young child.
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Series: Count Me In Paperback Sara Leach 9781554694044 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2011

Twelve-year-old Tabitha is less than thrilled when her parents send her on a hiking trip with her cousins, Ashley and Cedar, and her Aunt Tess. For one thing, she's not much of a hiker. And she's pretty sure her cousins hate her. But even Ashley can't blame Tabitha for everything that goes wrong: the weather turns ugly, a bear comes into the cabin, Ashley and Tess are injured and Max, the family's beloved dog, disappears. When rescue finally arrives, Tabitha realizes that she is no longer the timid, out-of-shape girl she used to be. She's becom... + Read More
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Series: Orca Young Readers Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There Paperback Melody DeFields McMillan 9781551439495 $7.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 01, 2008

Addison Addley hates math. He hates public speaking too. Actually, he hates anything that involves work, but he only has a couple of weeks to write and memorize his grade five speech. The problem is, he can't think of a single topic. When he finally comes up with an excellent idea for a speech, it almost writes itself, but it's his poor math skills that make speech day unforgettable.
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Series: Les Mondes de Maya La semaine de Maya Hardcover Martine Latulippe 9782764440896 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Sep 22, 2020

Une semaine, c’est sept jours… et sept nuits! Du lundi au samedi, Maya fait les rêves les plus fous : Dans la jungle ou dans les vagues, Avec les étoiles, les singes et les koalas, Elle n’a pas le temps de s’ennuyer! Heureusement, il y a dimanche pour se reposer!